OK, most of that is fair enough but I'm not sure some of your assumptions are correct.
"Others who tell you their life stories, their failings, their heartaches indicates to me they are either here for sympathy, empathy, or ????????"
Ok, so what? For some people that is their way of being open and honest, it might not be the way you or I would do it but it is what it is and I see no mal-intent in people who do so. It can also be a subtle way of saying 'hey, I need some help here'.
"A person who is genuine about admitting they were conned would in the first instance gather and collect as much factual data to understand why they tripped up, failed, didn't see the consequences .."
You mean like popping into a thread and asking questions or trying to fit in the best way they know how?
"Don't forget our whole system of parliament (Westminster) is based on adversarial debate, it's indoctrinated into all of us since childhood, school, tertiary education and it's never about agreement or what's best for our country as a whole."
Or the 'circuses' in 'bread and circuses'.
There's not much else in that post I would disagree with, but as I said, I still don't see why some of you are being too heavy-handed with Joannie in particular. Kinda reminds me of how a lot of normies were acting towards us a few years ago (and some still do). Are we no better than them?
